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From Hong Kong to Kyrgyzstan, New York to Seattle, and dozens of locations across Los Angeles, there were more than 100 sites in honor of UCLA’s Centennial.

The renowned scholar of race, mass incarceration and immigration said she will continue to expand the scope and scale of her social justice work.

The chair is named in honor of Dr. Paul Torrens, who has been on the school’s faculty since 1972.

Program brings the public together with students and 30 leading minds from across campus to engage in interdisciplinary conversations around 10 essential topics.

“I hope that the UCLA students who it supports will help lead the next wave of great musicians,” the celebrated composer-arranger-producer said.

Featured among the 200-plus events: Lari Pittman, Lucinda Childs, Wendy Whelan and Ain Gordon.

The prominent cancer researcher is honored for his invention of the breast cancer drug Herceptin.

UCLA’s Dan Froot’s goal is to to have everyone start thinking about income disparity and the systems that conspire to create food insecurity.

Kang, who was the first person to serve in this role for the university, will return to his faculty position July 1, 2020.

Schachner describes how he “accidentally” got into the field and his goals for the program.

The stretch of road from Dickson Court to Westholme Avenue will be open to traffic on August 26 and August 28, but closed to traffic on Tuesday, Aug. 27.

Q&A with John Agnew, distinguished professor of geography and Italian at UCLA, who was awarded the Vautrin Lud Prize.

Sergio Ferrara, professor emeritus of physics, co-discovered the influential theory of supergravity in the 1970s.

“Through Positive Eyes,” which runs Sept. 15 through Feb. 16, 2020, aims to help end the stigma around HIV/AIDS and empower people who are living with the virus.

Don Suggs, who after graduating with three degrees from UCLA taught painting and drawing in the art department for 31 years, has died.

Peers and former students celebrated UCLA’s Gregory Schopen, who ‘has transformed our understanding of Buddhism more than any other scholar.’

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs launches international outreach to identify strategies to empower women and children.

Susannah Rodríguez Drissi’s “A Latin Poet’s Guide to the Cosmos” offers insights into the nature of language and identity, as well as the relationship between sound and meaning.

Associate dean for information studies Anne Gilliland sees parallels between post-conflict Croatia and Bosnia and efforts to preserve heritage in her native country.

The educator, prolific author and blogger provided extensive guidance to policymakers. He died July 21 at the age of 68.

Exhibition will include approximately 80 paintings and 50 works on paper drawn from the Hammer’s own holdings as well as from public and private collections.

Sarah T. Roberts profiles the hidden workforce that monitors objectionable material on the internet, often to its own detriment

Adriana Galván and Dr. Shafali Jeste have been honored for their “exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology.”

Q&A with Miriam Posner, assistant professor of information studies and digital humanities, on the growth of museums putting more of their collections online.

UCLA’s Monica Smith tracks the ways metropolitan hubs in different parts of the world emerged unrelated to one another, but in similar forms.